Mother held at gunpoint with 8-year-old son wants police to pay for his therapy
Shanice Stewart and her son, Brandon, were pulled over by officers who believed the 8-year-old was a teen wanted on two felonies.
A woman who is nine months pregnant wants police to cover the cost of therapy for her 8-year-old son who she says was traumatized when police in Sacramento, California, pulled them over at gunpoint in a case of mistaken identity.
Shanice Stewart, who works as a hairstylist, said her son, Brandon, is afraid to ride on the highway and becomes anxious when near police following the Oct. 17 incident. Police pulled the pair over around 5 p.m. that night with their guns drawn, believing the third-grader to be a teen wanted on two felonies.
Stewart said she fears the incident will have a lasting negative impact on Brandon.
Brandon.Courtesy Shanice Stewart“My son was yelling and pleading, ‘Please don’t take my mom.’ He was crying,” Stewart said. “It really bothers him to talk about it. I don’t want him to have it bottled inside.”
Four Sacramento police cars and a helicopter surrounded Stewart and her son that night as she drove him to football practice. Stewart initially feared the officers would shoot her, but soon learned they were there for her son.
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